Student Awards

Each year, several outstanding Biology students receive departmental awards of recognition. Following are the current and past award recipients.

Undergraduate Awards

Stephen Fox Award

This is awarded to the most outstanding undergraduate in Biology. The Stephen Fox Memorial Fund was established as a memorial to Stephen Fox, a Stanford student studying biology and music.

2022 - Tejas Athni
2021 - Jiwoo Lee
2020 - Sani Eskinazi and Rebecca Nelson
2019 - Dylan MacArthur-Waltz
2018 - Johannah Farner
2017 - Samantha Hoffman
2016 - Taylor Daniel Skokan
2015 - Candice Jeehae Kim
2014 - Seth David Judson
2013 - Allan Quang Phan
2012 - Michael Hsiu Liu

Lauren D. Weinstein Award

Lauren D. Weinstein Award This is awarded to an outstanding undergraduate researcher or instructor who exhibits the dedication to life and science education exemplified by Lauren Weinstein, Class of '88.

2021 - Rishabh Kapoor
2020 - Ashwin Reddy
2017 - Nicolas Herrera Crosta
2014 - Katherine Grace Nabel
2012 - Jessica Chang

Angela Lee Undergraduate Research Award

This award recognizes the most outstanding poster presented at the annual Achauer Undergraduate Honors Symposium. It honors Dr. Angela Lee Riepel's dedication to undergraduates pursuing research and honors in biology.

2022 - Vrinda Suresh
2021 - Sarah Ludington
2020 - Spencer Robinson
2019 - Akshay Jaggi
2018 - Alan Yinong Wei
2017 - Melodyanne Cheng
2016 - Lorenzo Gonzalez
2015 - Laura Langdeau Cussen
2014 - Michaela Isabelle Soriano
2013 - Phi Nguyen Minh Luong
2012 - Erica Nicole Silva

Graduate Awards

Frances Lou Kallman Award

This is awarded to a female graduate student in recognition of special excellence in coursework, teaching and/or research.

2022 - Nicole Nova
2021 - Kaitlin Ching
2020 - Callie Chappell
2019 - Laura Bogar
2018 - Natalie H. N. Low
2017 - Hannah Kim Frank
2016 - Pengpeng Li
2015 - Rachel Egger
2014 - Amanda Amodeo and Holly Moeller
2013 - Chelsea L. Wood
2012 - Kristy Jean Kroeker

Samuel Karlin Prize in Mathematical Biology

Given to the graduate student whose dissertation reaches the highest standard of Mathematical Biology, this award honors Professor Samuel Karlin of Stanford's Department of Mathematics.

In observance of his 70th birthday, his students produced a book on Mathematical Biology, and the royalties from that book accumulate to provide this prize.

2022 - Hao Shen
2021 - Richard Grewelle
2019 - Rohan Mehta
2018 - Alison Feder
2017 - Amy Goldberg
2016 - Michael "Doc" Edge
2015 - Allison Rhines
2014 - Ethan Jewett
2013 - Julie Marie Granka
2010 - Jeremy Van Cleve

Charles Yanofsky Prize in Molecular Biology

This goes to the most outstanding graduate student working in the field of molecular biology. It honors Professor Charles Yanofsky of the Department of Biology.

2022 - Giovanni Forcina
2021 - Devin King
2020 - Yanniv Dorone
2019 - Pin-Joe Ko
2018 - Devon Chandler-Brown
2017 - Katherine Solari
2016 - Alex Wilkinson
2015 - William Stork

Teaching Awards

Norman K. Wessells Award

This is awarded to an outstanding undergraduate or graduate course/teaching assistant.

2022 - Weaverly Colleen Co Lee
2021 - Tyler McFadden
2020 - Kaleda Denton
2019 - Stephanie Caty
2018 - Claire Baumer and Caroline Daws
2017 - John Schroeder
2016 - Devin King
2015 - Alexis Mychajliw
2013 - Jeremy Hsu
2012 - Emily Abrash and Irene Onyeneho
2011 - Matthew Leo Knope and Nina Ly

2022 Excellence in Teaching Awards